Chart-Topping Country Artist Ashton Shepherd Cooks Up a New Home-Grown Patriotic Single and Her Own Southern Cooking Show

Billboard hot country artistAshton Shepherd is bringing back her authentic country sound with the release her new single, This Is America, just in time for the Fourth of July holiday. It will be released this Friday, June 28th by going toAirPlay Direct. This single will be on CDX #575 (distributed July 22nd).

This new single, which will be off her upcoming album set to be released late July, is something she is very proud of. “There’s also a special surprise duet that I can’t wait for everyone to hear,” says Ashton.

This Is America was solely written by Ashton and portrays the same genuine country style that the audience expects when they think of Ashton Shepherd. “I wrote This is America when I was tired of seeing the negative things in the news, people bickering back and forth, and everyone seeming to be in turmoil and at the same time, knowing that people are in this chaos because the money’s runnin’ low, though we been workin’ real hard. I’ve been there before. As I wrote this song, the more I realized times are hard and America needs to stick together,” says Ashton.

Ashton will also be joining the ranks of other professional country foodies such as Trisha Yearwood, Little Big Town’s Kimberly Schlapman, etc by having her own cooking show, “Cookin’ Country” on the Foodie Network Online EWave TV. EWave TV is America’s first multi-channel online television network and will air her first episode July 4th at http://foodies.ewave.tv/.

Nominee for the 2011 American Country Award for Female Music Video and 2009 Academy of Country Music Award Top New Female Vocalist, this southern belle was born and raised in the small Alabama town of Coffeeville. Growing up listening and
singing along with greats such as Reba McEntire, Alan Jackson, Patty Loveless and Shania Twain, Ashton’s passion for music grew stronger. In 2008, her debut albumSounds So Good produced two Top 40 hits Takin’ Off This Pain and the title trackSounds So Good. Her second album, Where Country Grows, includes the Top 20 hitLook It Up. She most recently participated in the CMA Music Festival activities by taking part in the CMA Kick-Off Parade as well as a Celebrity Go-Go Challenge, which raised money for Hear The Music Live. For more information on Ashton, visitwww.facebook.com/AshtonShepherd.